Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Energy, Telecoms and Consumer Staples sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 0.37%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were HudBay Minerals Inc. (TO:HBM), which rose 10.24% or 0.59 points to trade at 6.35 at the close. First Majestic Silver Corp. (TO:FR) added 6.42% or 0.95 points to end at 15.75 and Penn West Petroleum Ltd. (TO:PWT) was up 5.83% or 0.070 points to 1.270 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Cenovus Energy Inc (TO:CVE), which lost 4.50% or 0.94 points to trade at 19.94 in late trade. Transcontinental Inc (TO:TCLa) declined 3.83% or 0.76 points to end at 19.09 and Imperial Oil Limited (TO:IMO) shed 3.78% or 1.62 points to 41.19.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 636 to 555 and 142 ended unchanged on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 8.21% to 13.18.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was up 1.42% or 17.75 to $1264.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 2.40% or 1.21 to hit $51.57 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 2.53% or 1.30 to trade at $52.74 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.34% to 0.7878, while CAD/EUR fell 0.01% to 0.6913.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.27% at 93.59.